Anita Jóri

Lehrbeauftragte Medientheorie

Anita Jóri is a guest lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). She graduated at Eötvös Loránd University in 2010, where she received her M.A. degrees in history and applied linguistics. She is currently writing her PhD thesis entitled „The discourse community of electronic/dance music“. She studied in Prague (Czech Republic) and Vilnius (Lithuania) as well. Anita is also a project coordinator at the Vilém Flusser Archive (UdK) and a research assistant at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences.

1. How to analyse texts, images, video clips and technological artifacts using various analytical techniques. Examples are taken from the field of electronic music, e.g. music videos, Internet blogs, flyers, posters, album covers, instruments, etc.

The first classes will introduce the history of electronic music and the basic concepts, theories, and techniques of text and visual analysis. Later courses will give additional approaches to artifact analysis and consider in more depth in the function and meaning of instruments, interfaces, sound and light technology.

Students are encouraged but not required to bring sample data from their own areas of interest.

The seminar language is English.

2. Dates (Tuesdays)

19/04/2016 – 10:00-17:00

10/05/2016 – 10:00-17:00

31/05/2016 – 10:00-17:00

14/06/2016 – 10:00-17:00

3. Requirements
- a presentation (20-25 min) – more people will work together on one topic and present it
together (part of the team will work on the theoretical part, part of it on the case study/example)
- a scientific paper (5-7 pages) – deadline: 15/07/2016 (the title and the main idea should be
ready till 14/06/2016)

Visual and Artifact Analysis through the Example of Electronic Music
1. How to analyse texts, images, video clips and technological artifacts using various analytical techniques. Examples are taken from the field of electronic music, e.g. music videos, Internet blogs, flyers, posters, album covers, instruments, etc.

The first classes will introduce the history of electronic music and the basic concepts, theories, and techniques of text and visual analysis. Later courses will give additional approaches to artifact analysis and consider in more depth in the function and meaning of instruments, interfaces, sound and light technology.

Students are encouraged but not required to bring sample data from their own areas of interest.

The seminar language is English.
2. Dates (Tuesdays)

26/04/2016 – 10:00-17:00

17/05/2016 – 10:00-17:00

07/06/2016 – 10:00-17:00

21/06/2016 – 10:00-17:00

3. Requirements
- a presentation (20-25 min) – more people will work together on one topic and present it
together (part of the team will work on the theoretical part, part of it on the case study/example)
- a scientific paper (5-7 pages) – deadline: 15/07/2016 (the title and the main idea should be
ready till 21/06/2016)

2. Wickström, David-Emil – Lücke, Martin – Jóri Anita (2015) Not without music business. The higher education of musicians and music industry workers in Germany. International Journal of Music Business Research, Vol 4, No. 1. 55–88.